The adoption of electronic filing has significantly improved the efficiency of recording official documents and the processes associated with completing a real estate transaction. This was made possible through the Iowa Land Records system, which has integrated the...

Making public records accessible online to the public and the real estate industry is a core legislative mandate for the Iowa Land Records system. Section 331.604 of the Iowa code includes the following charge: “developing county and statewide internet sites to...

The first electronic document was recorded through the Iowa Land Records e-submission service on December 22, 2005 in Allamakee County. That year there were 762,534 documents recorded in the State of Iowa. It was a humble start. Unlike the Iowa Judicial Branch, which...

The Electronic Services System (ESS) Coordinating Committee, the body overseeing the operations of the Iowa Land Records system, approved the 2020 annual budget at their quarterly meeting on November 7, 2019. The annual budget projects total revenue to be...

Recording fees are charged by Iowa counties, and the resources from those fees are used to pay for the cost of providing the recording service as well as other related services including maintaining the public archive of recording documents and providing various means...